Nice as Fuck have released their new video for “Guns.”
At the Drive In Begin Recording
At the Drive In are recording their new album in Seoul.
Cards Against Humanity Launches Political Expansion
Cards Against Humanity has launched their “America Votes” expansion packs for sale:
Today, we’re letting America choose between two new expansion packs about either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
At the end of this promotion, Cards Against Humanity will tally up the sales of both packs, and depending on which pack gets more support, we will donate all the money in support of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Interview: Sameer Gadhia of Young the Giant
Lead singer Sameer Gadhia talks about Young the Giant’s third album Home of the Strange, narrating the American immigrant story through music, and the impossible goal of striving for perfection.
Inside Tim Cook’s Apple
Fast Company has a fantastic, and in-depth, profile on Apple:
With Macs, iPads, and software applications and services, Apple isn’t a one-trick pony like BlackBerry, to use an example cited by those most freaked out about the recent iPhone slowdown. It recorded $50.6 billion in sales during that “disappointing” quarter, more than the combined revenue of Google parent Alphabet ($20.3 billion) and Amazon ($29.1 billion) over the same period. Its $10.5 billion in profits outpaced not just the combination of Alphabet ($4.2 billion) and Amazon ($513 million) but also Facebook ($1.5 billion) and Microsoft ($3.8 billion).
“I don’t read all the coverage on Apple that there is,” Cook tells me a few days after my lunch with Cue and Federighi. “The way that I look at that is, I really know the truth.” And he’s ready to talk about it.
The piece is written by one of the the authors of Becoming Steve Jobs, which is the book I most recommend (even over his own biography) people read to understand Apple and Steve.
Big Jesus – “Lock & Key”
Big Jesus have released their new song “Lock & Key.”
This Wild Life – “Hit the Reset”
This Wild Life’s new song “Hit the Reset” can be found below.
Against the Current Cover The Killers
Against the Current did an acoustic cover of The Killers’ “When You Were Young.”
Tegan and Sara – “Hang on to the Night” Video
Tegan and Sara has shared their video for “Hang on to the Night.”
President Obama Drops 2016 Summer Playlist
President Obama has put together a summer playlist. There’s some good stuff on here; I’m gonna miss him as President.
Frightened Rabbit Cancel Shows
Frightened Rabbit have canceled a few of their upcoming shows so that the band can focus on lead singer, Scott Hutchinson, recovering from what he’s described as a combination of “alcohol, depression and social media.”
Britney Spears – “Clumsy”
Britney Spears has released her new song “Clumsy” on Apple Music.
The Menzingers – “Lookers”
The Menzingers’ new song “Lookers” can be streamed below.
Green Day – “Bang Bang”
Green Day have released their new song, “Bang Bang,” on Spotify and their website. The song comes from the new album, Revolution Radio, due out October 7th. Pre-orders are now up. The band sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about the upcoming album:
It’s about the culture of mass shooting that happens in America mixed with narcissistic social media. There’s this sort of rage happening, but it’s also now being filmed and we all have ourselves under surveillance. To me, that is so twisted. To get into the brain of someone like that was freaky. It freaked me out. After I wrote it, all I wanted to do was get that out of my brain because it just freaked me out.
Misogyny in the Scene. Still.
Sydney Shaw, writing on her blog, highlights some of the misogyny she witnessed in our music scene while doing her job as a journalist. This description from Warped Tour made my stomach turn:
I listened to a man yell slurs at one of the female photographers shooting Yellowcard’s set. “Who’d you blow to get in front of the barrier?” he asked. “And aren’t you hot in those jeans, baby? It’s 90 degrees.”
I saw a man try to slip his hand up the shorts of a young woman crowdsurfing over him. She kicked at him when she realized what was happening and grazed the side of his face with her Converse sneaker. He clutched at the spot on his cheek and called her a “fucking bitch.” He said he hopes she gets dropped on her head.